Improvement in hand-stamps



E. D. CHMBERLAIN.

Hand-Stamps.

NOSSS. Patentedlune 23,1874.

VITNESSES. Xwfmwor. 0' `m` Sa; MMM 0L 2f MAMM w. M Ua UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-fv'iPRVEMENT IN HANDSTAMPS.

Speeilieat'zuu forming part of Letten Patent No. 152,333, dated .lane 33, 1F71; application tiled .lune E, 1F74.

To all ar/mm il muy concern:

i is a t'nll, clear, and exact description, refer.-

enee being had to the accompanying.: drawings malvinga part ot this speeitication, in which- Fignre 1 is a perspective view ot' my improvement. Fig'. L is a vertical section of same. Fig'. 3 is an end view.

)ly invention relates to that class ot' hamlrollers used for printing names on packages: and consists in the combination ot parts here.- inat'ter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention. l will proceed to describe the manner in which I have married. it at.

In the drawings, theI init-roller It, revolving.;A on the shaft b, which has its bearings in the ends ot' the shell or cover A, is pressed npon the die h v the spring' t1, secured in the npper and inner side ot' the cover. The ends ot' the spring are slotted, and tit over the shat't b,

which has a play in its slotted hearings in the end ot' the cover. as shown in Fig'. .'i. This cover or shell, holdingr the ink-roller, is held npon the die or printingrollcr hy means ot the spring-arms d and pin c, as shown in l"i; l) is a. printing-roller, consisting otl a rnhher band stretched overa drnm-n'lwel, and hav ing npon it the requisite letters t'or printing'. The shat'tf ot' the printing-roller is provided with the stop y t0 check and control its revo lation.

l am aware that hand-rollers t'or printing are not new, and therefore l do not claim` broadly, the printing-roller deserhed hat 'hat l claim as new, and desire to seenre hy Letters latent, is

The ink-roller ll, spring and cover in combination with the printing-roller l). sul` stantially as and t'or the purpose set torth.

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